Mannheim, Germany. A panel discussion on organ donation.
In Germany, organ transplants are usually associated with long waiting times. There are many who need a new organ and few who volunteer for organ donation. In order to be able to care for more patients, the German Federal Council has launched an initiative to amend the Transplantation Act. A decision is to be made as to whether all persons who can cognitively understand the significance of organ donation should be considered donors in the future. Only those who expressly object are to be exempt. On November 26, a panel discussion on the controversial topic will take place at the Academy for Waldorf Education in Mannheim as part of the “Anthroposophy in Conversation” series. Under the title “My body belongs to me,” the discussion will focus on medical and ethical questions: When does a life end? What about the right to physical integrity even after death? What spiritual consequences can a transplant have? Christoph Michalski, Medical Director of the Department of Surgery at Heidelberg University Hospital, and Paolo Bavastro, a specialist in internal medicine and cardiology, will discuss these issues.
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Translation Charles Cross
Image Jayanth Muppaneni
